This the second portrait in progress of my friend Samara. I picked this up right after working on the first portrait for a few hours. I’m using the same photo reference as the original portrait. My ground is a piece of gessoed masonite that I started at Hipbone when Samara was the model. I drew gestures in the wet gesso with a pencil, let that dry and painted some gesture on top. I took the board down to the basement, steel wooled the surface, picked up a brush and painted my outline freehand.
I’ve scrubbed in the dark and the coat using ultramarine, raw umber and a bit of phthalo blue, staying nice and loose. I’d made Sam’s head a little too round so I took a dried brush and did some scraping in the jaw line and hair. Not bad for a first layer and lots of fun besides.
Stay tuned for more.
